Safety-razor



(No Model.)

- H. B. LEAGI-I.

lSAFETY RAZOR.

Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. LEAOH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,463, dated April 30, 1889. Application filed September 6, 1888. Serial No. 284,735. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY B. LEACH,'of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Safety-Razors, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The obj ect of my invention is to so construct a safety-razor that it will admit of receiving and firmly holding in the proper position blades of diiferent lengths, widths, thickness, and shapes, the construction being such that it is simple and cheap, easily made, and has no protruding points or rough surfaces on the face side or front to interfere with its use by catching in the long part of the beard. This object I attain by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of one of my safety-razors. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a front elevation, the` razor-blade being removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on line w .fr of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line y y of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, H represents the handle, which has an arm or bracket, H', through the upper end of which a clamping-screw, K, passes. Said clamping-screw K has a limiting-screw, 7c, the lower end of which, coming incontact with the iiange h on the arm I-l, stops the farther descent of the clampingscrew K.

The frame of my safety-razor device consistsof a back piece, F, which has its ends turned forward so as to join the" end parts, F3, of the guard or front piece. I forni clips C, as shown in Figs. ,1, 2, 4, and 6, and to the end parts, F', ofthe back F, I fasten, by means of rivets or otherwise, as may loe deemed desirable, the guard or front piece, F2, formed with its ends bent backward, as shown in Fig. 6. This guard-piece F2 is also Ashown in the other gures, which serve to illustrate its position in relation to the other parts. The face of the guard or front piece, F2, is placed a short distance from the front edge of the end pieces, as shown at L, Fig. lo, so that the blade D cannot `slide out of position before being fastened by the clampingscrew K.

S S are screws, which pass through the back piece, F, and the guard or front piecc,F2, and press against the blade D, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and serve as adj usting-screws to hold the blade D from passing too near the lower edge of the guard. The points of the screws S S are rounded or beveled, that the edge of thev blade may not be injured by coming in contactwith them. The screws are located about as shown in Figs. 5 and 6-that is, at a point somewhat labove the clips C C-so that their tendency in pressing against the blade is to keep the edge close to the guard-piece F2. They may enter the guard-piece at different angles and produce the same result.

The frame is made with its top, bottom, and front sides open, that it may be easily cleaned.

The front part of the screws S S may be left blank or smooth, the thread being cut near the head or rear part of the screw.

I claim-- 1. In a safety-razor, the combination, with the frame or holder having Xed clips C C and the razor-blade, of a clamping device operating upon the top edge of said blade, and the rearward adjusting-screws S S, operating upon the rear face of the blade, substantially as described. v

2. In a safety-razor, the combination of the frame or holder having clips O C, the razorlolade, the clamping-screw K and gage-screw lo, and the rearward adj usting-screws S S, substantially as described.

HENRY B. LEACH. Witnesses:

GEO. L. WINTER, WALTER OLAP?. 

